Twitter

Though I have never been a fan of twitter myself, I can understand now after reading the "Twitter-tastic Teachers Guide" and "The Teachers Guide to Twitter" how this outlet can be used in a learning setting and why some teachers choose to incorporate it into their lesson plans.
Using hashtags is a great way to connect the students on different topics and to basically summarize what was being written about.
Within my own experience, I had only ever seen twitter in a negative light, as all I had ever heard or seen about it was feuds between famous people and trolls on the internet. But after the readings, I can see now how twitter can, and really should, be used to keep folks up to date with current events, allow them to share their opinions on life and media and to receive feed back. . . to all-in-all be free to communicate with their peers and to gain new insight. It's a good way to get students involved as well as have fun while doing it.